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Originally Posted by CoryB
The timing of an entry by Overwaitea into the Winnipeg market seems extremely off. I had time at the top of my list to be picking up stores in the Safeway court ordered sale. That they didn't put money on the table then to acquire some prime locations makes me really question what they will be doing now. There are different a few more prime locations on the market with Kenaston, Lag and Unicity being top of mind. It is possible they would pickup either the closed Lelia or Maples location as well. The extra warehouse on route 90 would likely make sense too.
Also while not an expert on this as I have not researched their store size, I would put Save on Foods as the leading contender for the Polo Park Target store.
In terms of St Vital, perhaps a take over of the Family Foods at Dakota and St Marys?
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The FF on Dakota is so old, small and outdated I can't imagine that any major player would want it for a location... although the site is good and it's conceivable that Overwaitea could buy it and demolish the existing building to make way for a new one.
But I agree with what you're saying in that it's weird that Overwaitea is coming here... I don't know what they could really do other than snag locations in new suburbs as they pop up (much like how Sobey's entered the Edmonton market). The existing parts of the city are already pretty well covered with grocery stores.
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